Louise Eakin Price, 86, of Blacksburg, passed away peacefully Aug. 23, 2024.
Louise Price was born in Salem in 1938. Louise was preceded in death by her husband, Allen Price; her parents, Trigg and Irene Eakin; her brother, David Eakin; her sister, Alice Eakin; and grandchild, Christopher Thomas. She is survived by her son, Dale Price and (Donna); daughter, Diane Thomas (Gary); brother, Tony Eakin; granddaughters Heather, Gretchen, Kelsey and Jacqueline; and four great grandchildren.
Louise graduated from Fort Lewis High School in 1956. Allen and Louise were married 63 years before Allen’s passing in 2020. She earned an RN degree from Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She worked 35-plus years at Virginia Tech in the Agronomy Department doing laboratory work in tobacco and soils. She loved taking her granddaughter, Heather, to school and tending to her flowers and plants in and outside of the house. Her favorite TV shows were “Price is Right” and the “Young and the Restless.” After retirement, she participated in many senior trips and traveling across the U.S.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 at McCoy Funeral Home in Blacksburg. Family will receive friends and family prior to the service. Burial will follow at Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg. In lieu of flowers, Mountain View Humane Society, Christiansburg, VA.
